Fakoo

Fakoo
Fakoo;
Period	2006 – present
Related scripts
Parent systems	Night writing Braille Fakoo; ;
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Fakoo is a tactile writing system based on nine raised dots. It was invented in 2006 by Alexander Fakoó as a counterpart to Braille. Latin characters were converted into 3 x 3 raised dots so they could be read by both blind and seeing people.

References

↑ "Fakoo, the alternative dot-writing for the blind and the sighted - Fakoo Alphabet, 9-dot-writing, Fakoo Writing / fakoo.de/en". fakoo.de. Retrieved 2025-11-08.
↑ "Fakoo". omniglot.com. Retrieved 2025-11-08.
↑ Braille 200 (2025-05-22). "Inspired by Braille: Fakoo – livingbraille.eu". Retrieved 2026-07-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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[1] "Fakoo, the alternative dot-writing for the blind and the sighted - Fakoo Alphabet, 9-dot-writing, Fakoo Writing / fakoo.de/en". fakoo.de. Retrieved 2025-11-08.

[2] "Fakoo". omniglot.com. Retrieved 2025-11-08.

[3] Braille 200 (2025-05-22). "Inspired by Braille: Fakoo – livingbraille.eu". Retrieved 2026-07-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)